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1.18 deraadt 14: <h2><font color=#e00000>Media Coverage</strong><hr></h2>
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1.18 deraadt 16: <h3><font color=#e00000>English press coverage</font></h3><p>
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1.16 louis 18:
1.37 louis 19: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.lwn.net/1999/1014/security.phtml">The existence of OpenSSH-1.0 has been confirmed</a>,
20: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
21: </strong></font><p>
22:
23: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
24: OpenSSH, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
25:
1.36 louis 26: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www10.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/10/biztech/articles/11code.html">Easing on Software Exports Has Limits</a>,
27: New York Times, October 11, 1999
28: </strong></font><p>
29:
30: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
31: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
32: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
33: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
34: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
35:
36: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href=http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/991006/ny_ntwrk_s_2.html>NSTI announces commercial support services for OpenBSD</a>,
1.34 beck 37: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
38: </strong></font><p>
39:
1.36 louis 40: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
41: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 42:
1.38 louis 43: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 ! louis 44: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
! 45: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.38 louis 46: </strong></font><p>
47:
48: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
49: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
50:
1.30 deraadt 51: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href=http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/technology/stories/990930/2929913.html>Calgarian heads team ensuring OpenBSD security</a>,
1.38 louis 52: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.30 deraadt 53: </strong></font><p>
1.32 louis 54:
55: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
56: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
57: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 58:
1.29 louis 59: <li><strong>
60: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.38 louis 61: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.29 louis 62: </strong></font><p>
63:
64: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
65: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
66: with the
67: town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his terminal:
68: <blockquote>
69: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
70: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
71: <br>
72: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
73: </code>
74: </blockquote>
75: <p>
76:
1.16 louis 77: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 78: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayStory.pl?/features/990927hack.htm">Hack this! Microsoft and its critics dispute software-security issues, but users make the final call</a>, Infoworld, Sept. 27, 1999<br>
79: <li><a href="http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9909/28/ms.security.idg/index.html">Microsoft: Bad security, or bad press?</a>, CNN, Sept. 28, 1999
1.24 deraadt 80: </strong></font><p>
81:
82: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
83: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 84: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.25 deraadt 85: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 86:
87: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 88: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/ctg183.htm">Open source has roots in the Net</a>, USA Today, Sept. 20, 1999
1.19 louis 89: </strong></font><p>
90:
91: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
92: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
93: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
94: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
95: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
96: operating system in the world."<p>
97: <p>
98:
99: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 100: <a href="http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/259/business/Even_better_than_Linux+.shtml">Even better than Linux</a>, Boston Globe, Sept 16, 1999
1.16 louis 101: </strong></font><p>
102:
103: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
104: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
105: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
106: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not).<p>
107: <p>
108:
1.1 deraadt 109: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.14 louis 110: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idg_frames/english/content.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.idg.com.au%2FCWT1997.nsf%2FHome%2Bpage%2F83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41%3FOpenDocument&return=%2fidg_frames%2fenglish%2ffeatures%2ehtml">Microsoft, Linux to become duopoly?</a>,
111: ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.</strong></font><p>
112:
113: Lead developer Theo de Raadt was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User
114: Group (AUUG) meeting in Melbourne.<p>
115: <p>
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117: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 118: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
1.38 louis 119: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.21 louis 120: </strong></font><p>
121:
1.23 louis 122: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
123: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
124: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
125: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
126: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.22 deraadt 127: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 128:
129: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 130: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 131: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.38 louis 132: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><p>
1.12 louis 133:
134: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
135: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
136: of OpenBSD.<p>
137: <p>
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139: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 140: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 141: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.38 louis 142: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><p>
1.8 deraadt 143:
144: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
145: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 146: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
147: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
148: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
149: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
150: way down the page).
1.8 deraadt 151: <p>
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153: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.3 deraadt 154: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.10 deraadt 155: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.38 louis 156: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><p>
1.3 deraadt 157:
1.20 louis 158: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
159: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.3 deraadt 160: <p>
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162: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 163: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.20 louis 164: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><p>
1.6 deraadt 165:
166: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
167: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
168: available."
169: <p>
170:
171: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 172: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
173: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><p>
174:
175: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
176: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
177: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
178: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
179: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
180: <p>
181:
182: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 ! louis 183: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
! 184: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
! 185: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
! 186: </strong></font><p>
! 187:
! 188: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
! 189: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
! 190:
! 191: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.23 louis 192: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><p>
193:
194: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
195:
196: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
197: <a href="">Safe and friendly read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>,
198: DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><p>
199:
200: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
201: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
202:
203: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 204: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.38 louis 205: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><p>
1.2 deraadt 206:
207: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
208: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
209: <p>
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1.2 deraadt 212: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.11 ericj 213: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 214: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
1.38 louis 215: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 216:
217: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
218: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
219: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
220: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
221: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
222: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
223: <p>
224:
225: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 226: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
227: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.38 louis 228: February, 1999</strong></font><p>
1.15 louis 229:
230: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
231: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
232: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
233: over to OpenBSD.
234: <p>
235:
236: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 237: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
238: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.38 louis 239: February, 1999</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 240:
241: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
242: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
243: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
244: columns."
245: <p>
246:
1.2 deraadt 247: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
248: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.38 louis 249: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.2 deraadt 250: </strong></font><p>
251:
252: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
253: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
254: Implementation, including a brief interview with
255: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.1 deraadt 256: <p>
257:
258: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
259: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.10 deraadt 260: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 261:
262: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
263: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
264: <p>
265:
266: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
267: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.5 ian 268: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
269: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
270: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.38 louis 271: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><p>
1.5 ian 272:
273: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
274: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
275: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
276: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
277: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.1 deraadt 278: <p>
279:
280: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
281: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
282: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.38 louis 283: July, 1998</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 284:
285: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
286: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
287: <p>
288:
289: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.38 louis 290: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><p>
1.18 deraadt 291: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
292: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.1 deraadt 293: <p>
294:
1.38 louis 295: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
296: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
297: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><p>
298:
299: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
300: OpenBSD is.
301: <p>
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1.18 deraadt 307: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 308:
1.17 deraadt 309: <dl>
1.1 deraadt 310: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
311: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.39 ! louis 312: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 313:
314: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
315: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
316: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
317: <p>
318:
319: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
320: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 321: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 322: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.39 ! louis 323: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><p>
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1.20 louis 325: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
326: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 327: explains the licensing issues and points to our
328: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
329: <p>
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1.20 louis 334: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
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336: <dl>
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338: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
339: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/books/bsd/index.html">BSD Magazine</a>,
340: Sept. 28, 1999
341: </strong></font><p>
342:
343: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
344: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
345: translating and reprinting articles from
346: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
347: <p>
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